Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-01-07
Deaths.

Mrs. G. M. Anderson, q venerable lady
| widely known in Virginia, who has been
spending the winter here with her son.
Capt. VIM. T. PAttoa Of the Internal
Revenue service, died or the LIST inst. af-
| ter only four days sickness of pneumonia.
Had she lived another Gay she would have
| attained her eigntleth year. She was a
| native Of Botetourt county where as Miss
| Cassandra M. Shanks, in her nineteenth
! year. she married William Patton, fner.
chant of Fincastle, to whom sha bore
three sons, being left a widow at twenty
six In 1886, she married John L, Ander-
son, a brother of ex~Judge Of the Court of
Appeals, F. T. Anderson of Lexington,
and Gen. Jos. r. Anderson of Richmond
| The only son of this marriage who reached
maturity, was Maj. Jos. W. Anderson,
Chief of Artillery of Stevenson's Division,
who fell in action near Vicksburg in 1868.
| La 1879 Mrs. Anderson was again Wldo-
| wed. She had been a member OF the Pres
byterian church for over half century
and through her long life exempl1ed the
faith she professed. During the war her
beautiful home. in Botetourt was center
from which aid was always given to the
sick and wounded of the army. when
Zen. Hunter made his raid, her husband
barely made his escape from home,
and her house was burnt TO the ground.
! She at once fitted up an outhouse that had
escaped the fire and made it her residence.
Her remains were taken TO Fincastle Mon
day night, accompanied by Capt. Patton ;
her grandson, John T. Anderson of the
Tredgar works at Richmond; her grand
daughters, Mrs. Ely, wife of DR.. r. T. Ely,
Professor of Political Economy in Johns
Hopkins University of Baltimore,
Miss Lily a. Patton, and Mr.. Robert
miles had to be traversed after leay-
ing the railroad, which gave rise to very
touching incident An old family SER
Yant who was at work on farm. hearing
that the corpse of his old mistress had
passed along the road to Fincastle, left
worked, mounted d horse and rode eight
mics to the funeral. Unfortunately he
arrived there too late and dropping on the
church steps be wept bitterly. Though
! dying in city strange to her, Mrs. An
I derson's life passed away amid the kindest
and most uuremitting attentions.
Mr.. William Elphick, the Oldest English
resident of Augusta county, died sudden
ly on New Years morning, at his cottage
-<.k1x1i Il To
Sept. 10th. 1910, at "Meetching and New
Haven in Sussex county, England,
which estates he inherited with others from
his ancestors. Owing to family 1everses
the estates were sold and he came to Vir-
ginia 10 1872. He leaves a widow and
daughter, MISS Fannie Eiphick. here. and
another daughter. Mrs. Harrington, in
Chicago. The funeral took place from
Trinity Episcopal church on Tuesday last
and was conducted by Rev. W. Q. Hull
! hen, the following gentlemen acting as
pail bearers-Arista Hoge, Capt. J. I'll.
Waters, ard DR.. B. M. Atkinson, and
Messrs. G.. G. Bruce, Wm. Cotton, and
Arthur Terrain, three English residents CT
, the county. The interment took place at
Thornrose cemetery. Mr.. Eiphick was a
modest and retiring gentleman and those
fortunate enough to know him well found
him a well Informed, genial. and enter
| tanning companion. He spent his declin-
ing years in the congenial employment Of
cultivating and identifying his pretty
cottage home near the city. His widow
and daughter are most estimable ladies'
who have the sympathy of the community
in their bereavement.